Trump pays respects to late president Bush at US Capitol
Dec 04, 2018
The Trumps made a brief visit to the US Capitol's rotunda, where Bush is lying in state as part of multiple days of services and tributes to honor the 41st US president
President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump paid their respects to late president George H.W. Bush in Washington on Monday night.
The Trumps made a brief visit to the US Capitol's rotunda, where Bush is lying in state as part of multiple days of services and tributes to honor the 41st US president.
The high point of the commemorations will come Wednesday with a state funeral service at Washington National Cathedral -- the first presidential funeral since Gerald Ford died in 2006.
Trump -- who has often clashed with the Bush family -- has declared Wednesday a national day of mourning, and plans to attend the funeral.
"Looking forward to being with the Bush Family to pay my respects to President George H.W. Bush," Trump tweeted Monday.
Bush died Friday at age 94, at his home in Houston -- "a very gentle and peaceful passing," in the words of his lifelong friend and advisor James Baker.
Former US president George Bush gestures as he addresses guests after receiving the 2nd annual Kissinger prize, during an awards ceremony at the American Academy in Berlin on July 03, 2008.
In this file photo taken on January 20, 2005 Former US President George H. W. Bush (L) and his wife Barbara wait for the start of inaugural ceremonies at the US Capitol Building in Washington, DC.